A devastated and “numb” Steve Kean vowed to fight on as Blackburn Rovers
manager despite their relegation from the Barclays Premier League amid angry
scenes at Ewood Park last night.

Antolín Alcaraz’s header three minutes from time earned Wigan Athletic a 1-0
win that secured their own Premier League status for another season while
consigning Blackburn to the second tier of English football for the first
time in 11 years.

Kean was subjected to abuse and hostility throughout by Blackburn fans who
have been campaigning for his removal as manager and the ousting of Venky’s,
the club’s reviled Indian owners,